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HOUSE OF PEERS. SATURDAY, MAY ROXI3URGII ESTATE APPEAL. The Loan CIIANCELLOR having quitted the Wool• sack, obserwd, their Lordships' judgment was called for by parties claiming as heirs; it was necessary, therefore, that those parties should make it appear ire proof betiyre their Lot &hips,' that they were 'the pc:s.ons the}' ,represented themselves to be, previous to flu: judgment of their. Lortifthips : and moved that Counsel be heard on - this paint at two o'clock on. Mi,nklay next. SCOTCH TEJNDS. In this cause, the Earl of Wastyss v, M'QuEEN and Olhers, the Decree of the Court, of Session in Scot land as. tfi rineAl pro/brma. The --L'ish Clergy Residence and Glebe Houses NE*, tt, iri,h Promissory Note Bill, the Assessed Taxes Bill, with some private Bills, went through Conimi tees, and were orJered 16 be reported on Motoity, Near 50 private Bills went through a se cond :ind third reading, and after some further rou. tine business, the House adjourned till 'Monday. MAILS. AltitIVE.D.-2 Dublin, 3 Waterford. Due -2 Gottenburghp Dublin, Waterford. PRICE OF - STOCKS Tlll4 DAI" r TWKIL.V R. O'CLOCK. COIISOS - w 67 B I Rech4cal Ann. . 671 II E S U N.' itUI6 ISICLItS ittLilldi AUDr.A.T LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1803. ~. l _ _. WE were enabled on Saturday to lay before our the important intelligence of the Counter ;,-„olu:ion in Spain. and of the dreadful massacre which too! place at Mildrid cin the 2cl instant. We li:l7e, this d:iy extra6h.d„ at length, the ,details of tho3o extrzerdiutuy tumiaCtions. It would be a waste of time to enter into the discussion of the whether the ev.lnt3 which have occurred S);iht were or were 'not the re:ll; of French it . .tfiLuc—Wes still retain the opinion we have.uni formly expresiied, upon that slje ‘;. but whatever cLY,:rence ncopinion may snbsist at to the cause 'of the Insu:•Nhiplis and Revolutions, there can be now: us to .their effea : the Kingdom of Spain has btToine a Province- of France. BUONAPART}S has contrived to inducor li:I1t4 0 Ct•lAturis and the Puttswg pt ALST LT lAS nit only lo submit their respeaive e!Anis to his decision, but to trust their persons into 114 power; and filorn that power they will not very spvectiliescape. Our Readers arc already apprized thi.it • BOONA l'Atag hai , declared himself in fa vour of Kis G CUARLF,3 , ---that the PRINCItof ASTU• gi. , L3 has renounced t he, l'h"rone,.and that the GOvern mci:t of spaiu 14;3 been entrusted tcl. OCUerRI MURAT j (4.;1. the ii:tNo. and QUREW of SPAT* are . net at present to ..be allowed to return to their Dotninions they are mulled pass some time iu France. The Patt4cE of the PEACE 'IS to be onlo a retirement in France; and with . respect to the Prince of ASTURIAS, all we are told is, that ff his Royal ilighness!will in about two or three 'days arrive at the estate of Valency, which belongs to his liighnes4 046 (rand Eletlor." The extretne imbecility which both the King of SPAIN and his Ste) hiit'a manifeited, and , the abjekl servility which they have 411 e Wit to HUONAPARTR, tend to weaken the concern we shottid . etlwrwise feel for their tnis tbrititteS ; but fur the . Pepple of ,Spain, Who bgL SaL:riticed by the supineass, cowaaCe, and treachery their Governors, we . feel , the deepest cornp h is impolgible to read the de tails given in the :lioniteur, of the dreadful scene* : whTelt pascvd in Madrid on tho od of thi:4 month, without horror. It must be treolleaed th:it thole - details are giVen in 'the French Papvrs, and 'we . may naturally therefore suppoie, that they are con,:iderably ;- but when we hear that in a cr ,..,cdttl,Mctropol: , i the lei-Ludt made repeated dis charges of lion, their art 'lieu—that there 'ere several of Cz;v:ilry In the streets and igioar;.:s up6n apt undii7cii;:ined mob—that the doors of the houses were hii.,lf.en ope,n, and all persons arms in, ti7 7 Er. hands . were put to death ; that SOmeof the lovirr2;tints, tovin got possession of 'the Arsenal, were. surroupded and rriailliflCl:OCl— that the l'ea 7 unt-, h o taileavoured to get into the City Were watched by the Cavalry, and' a/1 who 114t1 (iron iii ;.140.1? hartth .shot..;—When we these it is -impossible to doubt that MArld ‘V:34 for iiever:d hours .the wept of the most dr'eadful,earnage ; and tliong,li the French accounts state,-that those only Who had arms' in thir hands were put . to death, it is absurd to suppose that on such on occasion there could have been any , discri. minatioa ; the slaughter mnst have been universal as lougas it lasted. What loss the French suffered upou this oeei.ision we are not told, but it must have beim ibr the inhabitants, it is said, find n tlietuselVkni 1.110)1e to resist the French in the sirens, Arrd at them from the windows, and :4 ploy of the Insurgents got possession .of 11 , -ry at the Arsenal, and it is admit. /tit that they fired upon the 'Fretch beveral On le by General Nlcluer, proves, that though the inhabit ants of Madrid were' subdued,: he thought it prudent to make some concessions to. them ; and the hiy,h , . „ Costilians must be gratinea wi th the con descension of the French General, who was gra , ciously pleased to grant them permission to wear _ theireloakS: iiiiWeicr, perhaps have. been as well if, while the sti l eets of the Metropolis of Spain were still streaming with the blood cif its , inhabitants, MURAT had not insulted the survivors by informing them that " the Soldiers of NAPOLEON were only friendly Troops, only failhfhl Allies I" There appears also to have been•an insurrection at Toledo, though it was by no means of so serious a nature as that which took place. at Madrid. In addition to these details, our Readers will find two curious and interesting documents, the one a letter trOMI BUONAPARTE to tile PRINCE . Of ASTU. RIAS, and•the other a Letter from Kn CHARLES to that Prince. There are some expressions in the former Letter which we should not have suspe6lecl that B,UONAPARTE would have used, or at least that he would have published; in speaking of the PRINCE of PEACE, he says, " . He no longer has any friends; your Royal Highness will no longer possess them than while you shall be fortunate. The People willingly revenge themselves for that homage which they pay us."—=The whole of - this Letter is a_ mix ture of pretended friendship,.and of real We have received a, considerable number of the Sydney Gazette, from New South Wales, down to the auth of last August. They contain nothing very interesting except the agreeabl e intelligence that 'provisions bad 'much fallen in. price. There had been full exercise for the officer who presides over the criminal court, as Wright be expeEted. The Co lony', however, was in a thriving conditiOn, and many who had left this c(ltitry with little credit, have raised themselves . 11ito wraith and reputation. PatvA•ru accour.ts have been roceived in Town, stating the arrival of the Expedition, 'under the com mand of Sir J. Mociait ancrAdmiral Sir R. KnATs, off the coast of Norway, where:tithe troops were landed without opposition. Ilowever probable these ac counts may be, nothing; authentic has reached Go vernment. The Admiralty are in momentary cxpeaation of important intelligence from, the Mediterranean, but nothing hal* arrived when, this Paper was [jut to Press. • IT is confidently BUONAYARre has at length eaually declared War against AmericA. Soch a mea sure may be tiztleded: from Lilo impf;.4.041 of his charader. We have not, however, heard tiny thin that strengthens this report. • Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au. OUSTA, MARY, and SOPHIA, ac compan i e d b y t h e Earl o f PARTAIOUTII, Ladies DASIER, THYNNR, and BUOKLEY ; Generals FITZROY and GARTH, and Major Paten, rode to St. George's Chapel, Windsgri and heard a sermon by the Rev. Dr. COOK SON, from the 2d Epistle of Pete'', the 9th chapter, and 16th verse, and afterwards returned to the Palace. -- • Yesterday, notwithstanding the weather was ad verse to a public display of fashion, many dashing Belles appeared in the Parks, regardless of the big c l ou d s w hich threatened to burst over them.' About half past four o'clock a pelting shower descended, and the adventurous Nymphs and Swains were re lndtantly compelled to fly, for shelter. As many were at too great. a distance to reach - a friendly co vert quickly, they were drenched.. The Ladies in muslin appeared like Naiades rising from a fbuntain, and the dripping Bdaux in nankeen, like Tritons round the shdl of Neptune: The Gazette of Saturday contains an Or.i• r in Council, declaring that the ioliormation of the Or der of the tttli Nov i 1807, shall be ~ consitiered to have reached all-.pirts of the Continent of North and South America between the loth and' 30th degrees of Nortft latitude, including the island of New Or leans,. on the t oth (lay of February, 1808. Yesterday . a Charity Sermon was .preached at • Richmond, in Surrey, by the Rev.:HoucroN HART WELL 0:011 of Sir FttANCIS ifARTWELL, Baronet), in support of that excellent Institution triunci6il for t!)c relief of the Deaf and Dumb. '.The Discourse was to impressive that a very handsome colleetion was made, though the village and its fieighlvarl)o(l, are at present but thinly inhabited by those from whom a liberal tenlribution Might hate been ex petted if they had been upon the spot. • It is obserycd Van Apposition Paper,_" that there no such a" thing as a scarcity of money existing in France, as it can be bad so•loyins three per cent. in. consequence of the stagnation at trade, and the, little opportunity which remains for 'the employ... ! ment of capital." It wus not to he expeded that the Paper alluded to would account (or the plenty- of money which it says OglitOti Franee, by the plea der of conquered countries, and tlic4presiive con 4 tributions'exaded from those whose fate is not yet decided. Yet such a mode tat accounting for the wealth of France might have occurred to every mind influenced by a sense of justice,•, and a regard: to this Cotmtry, prdsperity of which hai a very different origin. • INGULAR BIRTH.•-011 • Thtmidny the, tth inst. at the Workhouse, in Stoke-upon:frent, atunah Bourne, a deformed dwarf,. measuring only 25 inches in height, was, atter a very tedious and diflictitt Wet - , safely delivered of a female child of thO t ordi. nary size, measuring t i inches and • a half, being only duce inches and a half h honor that' the ma- The 414 was in every re,cpea pert4t, but tilt born.. • From the LONDON G4ZETTB, — Mqy 2I IS S. Adniiralty-Office, May e 1 , 1808. copies of Leitersfrom Captains Mason and Bathurst, of. His Majesty's Ships Daphne and Salsette, ad dressed to Rear-Amiral Sir Samuel Hood, and transmitted to the Hon. Win. Wellesley Pole ly ri€e 7 4drair . al Sir James Saumarez. His Majesty's Ship Daphne, April e 6, 1808, Sin, of Lessee. __ Judging from the cargo of the Sloop destroyed on the I?ed, that..the rest of the enemy's vessels at Flod strand were also loaded with provisions, and des tined for the relief of .Norway, I conceived it to be an objea to attempt getting them 'out; and the officers and crews of both ships having volunteered, I, last night, sent three boats from this ship, and the Tartarus two, all under the direetion of Lieutenant Win; Elliot, First of the Daphne, accompanied by Mr. Hugh Stewart, master • Lieutenant Boger, of the Royal Marines ; and master; Besiely, DoreU, Elliot, Moore, and Ayton, midshipmen ; and Lieuts. Gittins and Patterson, and Messrs. Septford, man, and Andrews, midshipmen, of the Tartarus. They were towed near the shore by the Forward Gun-brig. They foCind the vessels moored close under the fort of the castle, which mounts ten guns, with hawsers fast to the shore ; and immediately on getting to them the alarm was given by some Danish boats, the banes instantly forsook the ves sels, and the Castle and three ether guns began, and kept up a heavy fire of round, grape, and mus ketry; many of the shot went through the bulls and sails of the vessels ; notwithstanding 'which the five boats cleared the harbour of all but two If;rigs 4 both light, and one of them with neither sails nor rudder. As no credit can accrue but to those who planned and executed this enterprize, I trust, Sir, I may be allowed to express to you my admiration of the steady valour and good condua of Lieutenant Elliot (whose behaviour at all times led me to expect it f . rom him), as well as every officer and man em ployed' in it.' He sptaks in the strongest terms of the courage and steadiness of the officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines of both ships. I am happy, Sir, to add, that the loss is very trifling on either side, which I am surprised at, having observed from the ship the heavy fire kept up by'the enemy. A Danish boat: with five men in, having the temerity to persist in endeavouring to re-take one of the vessels, although repeatedly warned by Lieut. Elliot, the latter was obliged with hii people to fire in their. own' defence, and three of the five fell on our side-there were three.%%ound ed by the enemy, and one by mistake, but' none badly. Amongst the former is Lieutenant Elliot, which, with his being all old Lieutenant, and a very deserving officer, will, I trust, be an additional in ducement with you to recommend him to the notice of my Lords C,nnmissioners of the Admiralty, , _ . . . I inclose a list of the wounded. • There Is a man sligloly wounded belonging to the Tartarus, but I have not learnt the nature of his wounds. 'AH but my First Lieutenant and one seaman are able to do . duty. , I have the honour to be, itre. - F, MASON. . (Signed) Sir Samuel Mud, K. B. Rear-Admiral ' ' ofthe Blue, tee. tee. &c. . As from the papers being taken away I shall not be able to send you a correet LICPLIIIC of the Prizes at prement, I shall only add that there are 5 Brigs orapparently from qo to 190 tons, deep!) , laden with gram and provisions. 3 GaMots or about lio tons cacb, 1 deeply I.td:r. ,as ilt..,,ree s and t light. I Schooner of absut 8a tons, deeply laden as above. Sloop ofabout 90 toils, deeply Jatieik as AbOlte, _ _ A List of Officers . and Seatmn belonging, to his Majesty's Sh.p o.4phii.4 Franc. Mason, Esq. Captain, and Tartarus Slopp, Win .Russell, Esq. Aoting Commander, wounded on the astli A aril, tBOB, cutting out Ten Vessels from Flotistrand, on the coastal Jutland, laden with provisions, and suppo ed to be bound to Norway. Daphne. Lieut, Win. Elliot, severe contusion on the mid dle of the rightithigh by it splinter when on board one of the EileirWs vessels. Mr. Hugh Stewart, Master, slight contusion in the elbow, received When In the 4a Of boarding. Henry Toil, 5G41114111, punaured wound in the neck by ono of inc Daphne's clew, having mistaken him ter a Dane. Win. I , itiiiAn, Seaman, lacerated wound in the hand by a spli n ter when OD board one At the Enemy's vessels. Tanaros—One man Slightly. wounded: (Srocu) I. MASON. Ills Majesty's Ship Salsette, qt, Ystad, SIR Illay 1, 1808. _ * _ . I beg to inform you, I ye.terday captured, after a chace of live hourq, from under 'Moen Island, thtt Danish Privateer Krat besminde, C. K. Oxltolm, com mander, Mounting 8 guns and 31 men, out Live days from Copenhagen, and has made no capture. I have the honour to be, &e. • • (Signed) iW. BATHUAST. Sir Sam; Hood, K. B. Rear Admiral of the Blue, &cr. eee. &c.. , Admiralty-Office, May el, 1808. :Ertroa of a Letter from Mr. Mtn T. arry, Corn •+ launder of the 'loyal George Yacht in the sei vice of the Revenue, t'o the Commissioners of the Excise at Ediot•iirgh, and tr insmitieil to the . :don. • . role by the Secretary to Board. I,3l.ti.tig ofF Wick, on: Sulidsy 'the Ist of May inst: I received information tton a FiGhing Smack that a Privateer was upon the coast; and :could net then be far oil; I made sail and stood out to sea, and. soon found. the infortuation I had received to be perfedtly correCt, for I observed the Enemy in-sbbre in Chase of several Vessels, about five P.M. South R o n a ld s h a then bearing NN.W. distant abbot five or six miles; I made all sail instantly, and gave Chace, the wind being then S,W. The Privateer, as WWI as she perceived :what, I was, tacked, and stood away be fore the. wind.with a press of sail, and seemed at first to gold upon . us ; but it springing up a smart breeze we gradually approached him, when he be gan to fire his stern ebacers, which did us no injury. At length I had the pleasure of laying him along side after a seven bourn' chace, about one o'clock on the morning of the 24, when I gave, her a whole broadside, and were round and gave her another, when she struck: • Upon boarding, I found her to be the Passe Ear _ tout, commanded by Jean Judie Vaudierne, of Ostend, Dogger rigged (with a view to deceive), mounting sixteen guns, tour and eight-pounders, with sixty-eight men, but only forty-tour on board. She had taken a Brig from Dundee,, in ballast, for America, and a Sloop from ,pariff,•also in ballast, the day before; and when I obseryed her she bad jqst b-en captured bad I - nnt hove in sight. • There are nine English Pri oner, on bond th, Privateer, which I *ban carry to Leith with ma. Royal George, Kirkwall Road, May 3, 1808. P. S. There are none of the crew of the Privsteef hurt. She is a fine vessel, soils fast, upwards of and hundred tons, five months old, and very tit for all itevehee service: Poarsatotrry, MAY e*.—Sailed yesterday the Ma• latar, of 60 guns, Capt. TEMPLE, and La Benommie Frigate, Capt. Sir T. LITINGSTONII, Bart. to the Downs; also the "Hers Sloop of War, Capt. WZL /dams, with a convoy for the Downs. Sailed this day the Endyetion Frigate, the Hon• Capt. T. B. CAPEL, for the Downs). La Belle Poule Frigate takes convoy to the Me' dicerranean. APPOINTMENTS.--Capt. !SEIM PELLEW to be Paying-Commission& afloat at Plymouth ; Captain FeLLowas, to the Conqueror ; Captain CussaY, to the Potypiternut, fitting at this Port, for, Admiral ROWLEY'S Flag; Captain H. LAMBERT, to the Iphi4 genie; Captain itatmtctc, to the Comtatant, at Chatham ; Captain F. DOUGLAS, to the Peruvian, at this Port. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Cap. tain R. PIOOT to La Nymplic, vice Suirmtv, de ceased ; and Lieutenant DENCH, of the LliETni a , to the Blossom, ViCC PICOT. Sir JOSEr/i YouKS has commissionel Cae Christiag Me Vllth,' at *this Port. BRIXIIASI Quay, MAY :al .--Yesterday afternoon. the 39th Regiment, under command. of, Colonel WILSON, embarked on board the Transports laying alopgside the pier, and sailed for Guernsey ; but the wind shifting to E.S.E. they brought to again in Torbay, under convoy of His Majesty's. Brig Deriq• TRURO, MAY el.—Captain PETHE and the bore crew of the Prince Ernest have given a fresh proof of the spirit which pervades the Falmouth. Ik On the wilt March, in the Charibbee Bea; Captilia PE-ras fell in with a French Schooner Privateer; Of • 10 guns, and full of men, which he fought in close a6tion for three hours and beat off. On tin: 20th, the Packet; thus gallantly preserved, arrived at la . maica. We regret to add, that this honourdhloeu°' cots was not obtained without bloodshed. Captair l NITRE and three of his brave fellows were wpandark FALMOUTH, Mnr 2o.—Arrived the Brij get/1 17 Music, from St. Michael's, with fruit, for ; Cyrus, Donsog, from Sunderland ; Emmeline, WA' TER bi 4N, from London, for the Brazil, ; Mary . di" , SHIPMAN, from Portsmouth j Heart (j Oak, Vit LER, trona Chepstow LEWSTQN, fruni Gl* imiltar, for London—tive weeks passage. Sailed His Majevyi Guts-brig Intelligent on s cruize. Yesterday the Oxford Militia marched from heave, and yesterday and this day the North took possession of their garracks e at Rendttanis Gar risou. SalaamEas, MAY 09.—S.iileci His Majesty's SMP Fisgard, of 38 guns, Capt. But.Tott, for the Down," and Fury Bomb, Co pt. QIZSON, with Convoy, Or Yarmouth. The Thumpeust, Capt. Datum', sails to-mar" row to Deal. A number Qt bands have .been gent up the R to bring down the Boasbaif and Invinvi4ll, of 7 4 guns each. DEAL, MAY 20.--. Arrived and sailed for the Arr as the Lord Cartwright, —me, from the \Vest •Indies. Sailed the Furious Guu-brig, with a convoy, & 1 ., Portsmouth. , . .. Arrived .his Majesty's Brig Cradle', from n orelie. DSAL, MAY pe. 4 ..Arrtred. and sailed tor the Rivet the Fanny, BoswaLt, from n mite. Sailed through the Downs, from the River, ses'e" ral Transports, for Portsmouth. Sou.Ly, MAY 16.—Anived the Brig. DolPhi ll " SYElli frigu Mogadore, laden with skins, gum, and almonds, bound to London (all well), bur Pu'' under the restraint of quarantine. Con K, MAY le.—This morning his brojeqty's Sloop Brisk, Capt. Coons, arrived at Cove, trott) cruize; and the Resolute Gun.brig, Lieut. liitantsP. sailed on a cruize. . . A Danish paper, the• Dagen; contains the f°ll9w #---............# f log statement concerning the exertions in that coun try in the formation of a m arine 4-- • .. ~ " The -netv-created navy of Denmark begins to I g ain a name,, and wi11 . 3001) face its insulters with ' Juvenile vigour : the squadron consists of the Louisa • Augusta Ship of the Line, four Frigates (late India ' men), two other armed Ships, three Brigs, and three large flat Gun-boats, The Louisa dugusta, Adjutant General •Kaittnaft, who is appointed coin , wander in Chief of our Flotilla, has gone °!' t , Of i port, nnd takeo a station in the Roads. Ail ti; t 1 Merchant Vessels in this harbour (Copenhagen) , ihave beetr pus in requisition, and numbered; and those froth No.' t$ i to Q4o, live been directed to tlpply tor a complement of men in carder to fit than for sea and employ them against the enemy. Music.--The annual Concert, for the Benefit of Mr. BARTLISMAN's; took place on Frida night at they Hanover-square Rooms, and, the tesped in which hlf character is beld•was visible in a very numerous and elegant auditory. Ho was too much indisposed lo sing at HARRISO3N Concert, and the same usforto , hate cause prevented him front as.dsting last ItiOt, : at his own. fiSL.LANtY ably ~,,plied h i js plaM 3" I Mrs. BILLINGTON ai.d HAnatsoNlent , their powe r ' I fttl aid•on'the occasion.